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🌟 Internet Famous Jason Thor Hall / PirateSoftware / Maldavius Figtree / DarkSphere Creations / Maldavius / Thorwich / Witness X / @PotatoSec - Incompetent Furry Programmer, Blizzard Nepo Baby, Lies about almost every thing in his life, Industry Shill, Carried by his father, Hate boner against Ross Scott of Accursed Farms, False Flagger
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I thought I told you to stop shitting up the thread with ChatGPT slop.
Fuck you, I had already wasted time typing out half a reply before I realized.
His shitty huge ass array does NOT cause performance issues. It also does NOT help with a "flexible and persistent narrative" in any way whatsoever, whatever the fuck that is supposed to mean.
Fagliacci
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Looks like Shieldman beat me to it a while ago, but I wanted to look at this 1337 ray tracing code so I took a stab at it. LetThemSneed mentioned a decompiler and I found the UndertaleModTool which was incredibly simple to use, Undertale fans might be insane but they do good work, I know very little about coding and even I could figure it out.
Now let's see this, as Fagtree himself states, "fully dynamic physics based lighting."
Code:
function scr_draw_light()
{
if (light_activate == 1)
{
light_activate = 0;
gpu_set_blendmode_ext(9, bm_one);
switch (light_direction)
{
case 0:
var lighted_x = floor(x - sprite_get_xoffset(sprite_index));
var lighted_y = floor(y - sprite_get_yoffset(sprite_index));
if (last_image != image_index || last_sprite != sprite_index)
{
last_image = image_index;
last_sprite = sprite_index;
var light_distance = floor(x - light_caster.x);
if (light_distance < 1)
light_distance = 1;
if (last_blend != light_caster.image_blend)
{
light_hue = color_get_hue(light_caster.image_blend);
light_saturation = color_get_saturation(light_caster.image_blend);
last_blend = light_caster.image_blend;
}
var light_value = light_luminosity * ((light_caster.sprite_width - light_distance) / light_caster.sprite_width);
light_value = clamp(light_value, 0, 255);
for (yy = 0; yy <= (sprite_height - 1); yy++)
{
for (xx = 0; xx <= (sprite_width - 1); xx++)
{
if (position_meeting(lighted_x + xx, lighted_y + yy, object_index))
{
pixels_found = 1;
repeat (light_diffuse)
{
if (position_meeting(lighted_x + xx, lighted_y + yy, object_index))
{
var draw_x = floor(lighted_x + xx);
var draw_y = floor(lighted_y + yy);
var new_value = light_value - (pixels_found * light_falloff);
if (new_value < 0)
new_value = 0;
var draw_color = make_color_hsv(light_hue, light_saturation, new_value);
draw_sprite_ext(spr_pixel, 0, draw_x, draw_y, image_xscale, image_yscale, image_angle, draw_color, image_alpha);
pixels_found++;
xx++;
}
}
break;
}
}
}
}
break;
case 2:
var lighted_x = floor(x - sprite_get_xoffset(sprite_index));
var lighted_y = floor(y - sprite_get_yoffset(sprite_index));
if (last_image != image_index || last_sprite != sprite_index)
{
last_image = image_index;
last_sprite = sprite_index;
var light_distance = floor(light_caster.x - x);
if (light_distance < 1)
light_distance = 1;
if (last_blend != light_caster.image_blend)
{
light_hue = color_get_hue(light_caster.image_blend);
light_saturation = color_get_saturation(light_caster.image_blend);
last_blend = light_caster.image_blend;
}
var light_value = light_luminosity * ((light_caster.sprite_width - light_distance) / light_caster.sprite_width);
light_value = clamp(light_value, 0, 255);
for (yy = 0; yy <= (sprite_height - 1); yy++)
{
xx = sprite_width - 1;
while (xx >= 0)
{
if (position_meeting(lighted_x + xx, lighted_y + yy, object_index))
{
pixels_found = 1;
repeat (light_diffuse)
{
if (position_meeting(lighted_x + xx, lighted_y + yy, object_index))
{
var draw_x = floor(lighted_x + xx);
var draw_y = floor(lighted_y + yy);
var new_value = light_value - (pixels_found * light_falloff);
if (new_value < 0)
new_value = 0;
var draw_color = make_color_hsv(light_hue, light_saturation, new_value);
draw_sprite_ext(spr_pixel, 0, draw_x, draw_y, image_xscale, image_yscale, image_angle, draw_color, image_alpha);
pixels_found++;
xx--;
}
}
break;
}
xx--;
}
}
}
break;
case 3:
var draw_hue = color_get_hue(light_caster.image_blend);
var draw_saturation = color_get_saturation(light_caster.image_blend);
var light_distance = floor(light_caster.y - y - (sprite_height * 0.5));
if (light_distance < 1)
light_distance = 1;
var new_value = light_luminosity * ((light_caster.sprite_height - light_distance) / light_caster.sprite_height);
if (new_value > 255)
new_value = 255;
if (new_value < 0)
new_value = 0;
var draw_color = make_color_hsv(light_hue, light_saturation, new_value);
var light_side = sign(light_caster.x - x);
switch (light_side)
{
case -1:
var light_x_offset = (light_caster.x + (light_caster.sprite_width * 0.5)) - (x - (sprite_width * 0.5));
draw_sprite_part_ext(sprite_index, image_index, 0, 0, light_x_offset, sprite_height, ceil(x - (sprite_width * 0.5)), ceil(y - (sprite_height * 0.5)), image_xscale, image_yscale, draw_color, image_alpha);
break;
case 1:
var light_x_offset = (x + (sprite_width * 0.5)) - (light_caster.x - (light_caster.sprite_width * 0.5));
draw_sprite_part_ext(sprite_index, image_index, sprite_width - light_x_offset, 0, sprite_width * 2, sprite_height, ceil((x - (sprite_width * 0.5) - light_x_offset) + sprite_width), ceil(y - (sprite_height * 0.5)), image_xscale, image_yscale, draw_color, image_alpha);
break;
}
break;
}
gpu_set_blendmode(bm_normal);
}
}It looks like case1 is what's doing the "ray tracing," a quick proof for anyone like myself who doesn't code. Changing the following line from a hue and saturation value:
To a red, green, blue value:
Should change the light we see coming from the window in his room to green.
One other thing I noticed is that he talks about how it's all ray traced and dynamic, but we can see here, when the bottom of the dogs sprite enters the window area, the whole dog is lit up with the light. This also includes the top of the character sprite being in the box but his shoes are still lit up red.
It's all disappointingly bland, I wondered why he never showed the code on stream. It's just a scan of the sprite, applying the light effects from the window object on any sprite that enters the box on the floor. None of this is is what I would call "dynamic" at all.
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Cause he put it on steam and made it his whole brand thats hes a pro game dev if he gets his game to abandonware status no one gonna take him serious as a leet gamer coder so hes just doing minor things to look busy he should join the army if hes that great at looking busy while doing nothing
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I know it was meant as a joke option, but did anyone else actually pick Cold Fusion on the poll because they think it's the most likely option?
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That one does make sense though. The whole dog is standing where the light hits. Imagine a top down view. If you took a step forward in front of the window, your whole body would be lit, not just your legs.
But yeah, typical for Jason to take a bit of beginner code and present it as this ultra giga brain invention.
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TrainWreckWatcher
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The audience he has doesn't care though. They wouldn't abandon him they don't care about heart bound beyond the fact that it annoys Jason.
This is a personal demon for him. its a blemish on his ego that as long as it remains incomplete people can point out and go "yeah you're not a real game dev." Which is true. He isn't. He doesn't Game Dev.
He should just drop it. Admit the truth and just be a streamer. It makes more money, its more glamorous than a game dev, and its certainly easier.
But for some reason he can't let it go. He can't take the L.
I have faith in humanity to get cold fusion. I don't have faith in any of those devs.
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i put down the heat death of the universe because of the funny but if i were to recast my vote seriously it'd be chris roberts finishing scam citizen first
Roachbound
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Glance at Mald's youtube
See this
Knew it was farmable content
Was not disappointed
The way he talks down on actual game devs like fox and cawthorn is funny if it weren't so sad lol
See this
Knew it was farmable content
Was not disappointed
The way he talks down on actual game devs like fox and cawthorn is funny if it weren't so sad lol
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"Just make your game bro" is crazy phrasing from our dear friend... does he even hear himself? How is he this retarded, that words spew out his mouth and not at any point make him think "shit wait i need to make my game"
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Happy 500 pages, Jason. We wish you the best of luck in your game development and fangame prevention endeavors. We wish you the best of luck in your illustrious streaming career with your many friends and associates. We wish you the best of luck in housing up to two hundred fifty ferrets with your stream revenue.
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I didn't AI it, it was one of the few times I typed a reply on a keyboard, and then jumped back on my phone and realised I wrote a Tolstoy-length response with an autistic flavour. I'M SORRY.
The "flexible persistent" shit was steel-manning his excuse, and yes, the design of his array does cause overhead because it's in-process (from what I've seen). It's held it memory. It's immutable and big.
Now I'm happy to be proven wrong but that's my 2 cents from what I've glanced, and how he's explained it.
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It is said that the emptiest void in the universe is the Boötes Void, but his self-awareness is even emptier.
TrainWreckWatcher
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I feel like he'll make infinitely more money by never finishing and promising more and more than by finishing.
The thread has slowed down a bit, but its still more productive than Mald on his game.
Fagliacci
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Fuck, I was so annoyed at Fagtree I didn't stop to think, you're right it does make sense. Though I still think it is more likely to be incidental due to the way he implemented the light rather than a purposeful accurate representation given the rest of his code.
What makes you think he is actually optimizing anything? It's an Undertale clone made in GameMaker, compared to one of the more intensive GM games to come out, Nuclear Throne which has multiple AI moving around varied environments, tons of particle effects and projectiles and is still able to run on any phone, I think the game even ran on the PSVita. Mald's game is basically a visual novel, there's no self-imposed problem with performance, it's all just buzzwords to him so that he sounds smart.
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It literally doesn't matter. Overhead compared to what? We're talking a few measly kb of text here. Now both of us have put more thoughts into the code of Heartbound than Jason has!
But I DO appreciate a good steelmanning, so thank you for that.
Yeah honestly it's not obvious lmao, I probably would've coded it your way instead and only noticed far later.
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Compared to using a JSON file to modularise the data I/O workflow that GM provides without it having loaded globally at all times forever (they even built it into their engine). You're right it's negligible, but Mald has posted about poor performance so it's either his now EOL IDE simply not being supported anymore and him not using their latest build, or it's a symptom of his own incompetence. Likely both.
That's the thing, I'm not sure he even is despite his announcements.
And @Maldavius Figtree is right, we're basically doing more work than he is at this point. We're unpaid devs for his furry project.
The horror...
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Unpaid QA/code review, since we're not contributing any code to the product, we're merely critiquing it.
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